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Back to Search#186: From Lineage to Land: Umi’s Journey of Ancestral Farming
Episode 186
Returning-generation farmer and community herbalist Bianca “Umi” Anthony shares how she’s reclaiming seven acres of her family’s 1950s land in rural Bertie County, NC—reviving legacy, building Seed o…
Published on 3 hours ago
#185: Nurturing Our Seeds: Detroit Roots, Community Power
Episode 185
Erin Cole, founder of Nurturing Our Seeds in Detroit, shares how a porch-side safety moment on Helen Street—mowing vacant lots for elders—grew from a first flower patch into mustard and turnip greens…
Published on 6 days, 1 hour ago
#184: SWAP: Fashioning Environmental Justice with Zsameria Rayford
Episode 184
From living-room swaps to a decade of citywide pop-ups, Zsameria Rayford’s SWAP DC → SWAP Universe shows how style and sustainability move together. This episode digs into the operational backbone, t…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
#183: SiStained8: From Kitchen Scraps to Living Soil
Episode 183
Najwa Womack, founder of SiStained8 in Washington, D.C., traces her path from early nature moments to teaching compost as the art of growing soil. She defines composting in plain language, explains e…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
#182: Black Cotton and the Power of Legacy with Julius Tillery
Episode 182
Cotton has long been a cornerstone of American agriculture and culture. Julius Tillery, a fifth-generation cotton farmer and founder of Black Cotton, is reshaping how we see this iconic crop by turni…
Published on 2 months ago
#181: Roots, Recipes & Storytelling with Antoinette Johnson
Episode 181
Chef, storyteller, and advocate Antoinette Johnson takes us back to her Black Southern roots, where family traditions and community gatherings first sparked her love for food. She shares how those ea…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
#180: From the Kitchen to the Soil with Chef Marly
Episode 180
After a traumatic brain injury in 2014, Chef Marly — a classically trained chef and Washington native — found healing in an unexpected place: the soil. In this episode, she shares her journey from th…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
#179: Melon Nation
Episode 179
In this episode of Edible Activist, Melissa sits down with Kenny and Cutt, the co-founders of Melon Nation — two Black farmers and agricultural specialists bringing fresh seeded watermelon and tropic…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
#178: The Bodega Bites with Ora Kemp
Episode 178
Ora Kemp, creator of The Bodega Bites, is on a mission to make sure everyone’s eatin’. As a 2025 Castanea Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, she offers a can…
Published on 3 months ago
#177: Intelligent Mischief: Shaping Black Futures
Episode 177
What would our world look like if Black imagination led the way? In this episode, Artistic Director Aisha Shillingford of Intelligent Mischief joins me to explore the power of speculative world-build…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago